SAY CHEESE: “Maintain a positive work environment in government”, PM says

A section of additional secretaries and JS

NOT always you see a photo when the Prime Minister is speaking and senior bureaucrats are smiling. Usually, the photos released by the government’s publicity department are of the nature of the PM speaking the audience while the senior bureaucrats would be seen in a very serious mood listening to the PM in rapt attention. But on Saturday, PM had an interaction with 80 additional secretaries and joint secretaries, the third of his proposed five interactions with the government of India's senior bureaucracy. And if this photo released on Saturday and published here is any indication, the most of the bureaucrats were well…

Pulok Chatterji puts up a smiley front; shows there is nothing to worry about

Pulok Chatterji (Left) caught with a smile!

IT'S a rare moment to spot top bureaucrat and principal secretary to PM Pulok Chatterji with a smiley face, at least in a public function. In most occasions this powerful but media shy bureaucrat remains outside the reach of TV and still cameras, and where he has no options but to be seen alongside the Prime Minister, he looks serious and even hassled. Then, what was this occasion in the midst of current political uncertainty, where Chatterji and a minister of state in UPA government were spotted while sharing a lighter moment?